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now, when you need it, obama has cut $716 billion from medicare. why? to pay for obama care. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed health care is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. >> we're trying to keep it fair here, two on two, equal time for the ads. so, terry, here's my question. isn't that a pure lie? >> which one? >> the romney ad. it's just -- it's a lie. it doesn't tell you the the next part of the story that is that the cuts that president obama took out go right back into the program. >> well, listen. ordinarily, the entitlement issue would be a thorn in the side for republicans. it's hardly an election year if the democrats aren't demonizing republican plans. what's different about the this election season, i would submit a huge difference is that this is a first season that we can really say in a presidential campaign that the president himself, the democratic president himself, cut these entitlement programs to pay for his bloated health care budget. >> both the ryan budget, even your side has agreed to this. both the ryan plan
now, when you need it, obama has cut $716 billion from medicare. why? to pay for obama care. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed health care is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. >> we're trying to keep it fair here, two on two, equal time for the ads. so, terry, here's my question. isn't that a pure lie? >> which one? >> the romney ad. it's just -- it's a lie. it doesn't tell you the the next part of the story that is that the cuts that...
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and the obama team has got to be saying this is great. this is going move romney further to the right and make it harder on his resources and give them more of a chance to make their case. so, this is a good scenario for the obama camp but it's also an opportunity for the conservatives to make sure that they get out of mitt romney what they want if he is going to be the nominee. >> a lot of pundits talking yesterday saying no matter ghaps iowa it makes sense for everyone to continue on, most people probably would continue on. however, now we're seeing the fact that here we are the day after it's narrowed down, eliminating rick perry and michele bachmann, not officially yet, but here we have this. so where would bachmann's weight go from here on out? >> it depends if she gets together with perry and gingrich. i think that this is a very poor showing by newt gingrich yesterday in iowa. i mean, newt gingrich has one of most, you know, spread out, most publicized names in all of american politics over the last 20 years and all he could do is
and the obama team has got to be saying this is great. this is going move romney further to the right and make it harder on his resources and give them more of a chance to make their case. so, this is a good scenario for the obama camp but it's also an opportunity for the conservatives to make sure that they get out of mitt romney what they want if he is going to be the nominee. >> a lot of pundits talking yesterday saying no matter ghaps iowa it makes sense for everyone to continue on,...
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his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling he could be president of the united states someday and i always joke that he was at the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come from behind victory won him wide taepattent. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to sayment i want to wrap up my story in the american story. for the next three weeks, he was writing on little pieces of paper and he pulled it all together. >> in the red states and blue stalts, red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. i've got news for him, too. we were an awesome guy in the blue states and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red s
his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling he could be president of the united states someday and i always joke that he was at the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come from behind victory won him wide...
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the question is, how was president obama at slow jamming the news? >> i'm president barack obama, and i, too, want to slow jam the news. >> it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning, i'm willie geist. this is "way too early." the show that according to exit polling did well at the primaries a among insomniacs and tweeters. i'm glad you're up with us. shoot me an e-mail at "way too early" or tweet me what you're doing up at this hour. you can do what met at that world peace will be doing and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, april 25th. a lot going on today, including president obama explaining the extent of his personal relationship with mitt romney to jimmie fallon. that ought to be interesting. plus, you get one moment in life with the president of the united states and you dump croyo on his pants. a humiliating story to tell your children for a lifetime. that's later in the show. >>> first let's get to
the question is, how was president obama at slow jamming the news? >> i'm president barack obama, and i, too, want to slow jam the news. >> it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning, i'm willie geist. this is "way too early." the show that according to exit polling did well at the primaries a among insomniacs and tweeters. i'm glad you're up with us. shoot me an e-mail at "way too early" or tweet me what you're doing up at this hour. you...
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obama can throw this in his face. you're not the own sent, buddy. >> he likes to portray himself as i'm a businessman, this is not my career. i'm a business guy. i did this to help out for my country. >> here we are sunday morning, howard. why do these guys wait? a couple of things hit me. late in the game. sunday, two days later. we've had all these months. why now? >> well, this is the last clear chance. if mitt romney wins big, he's got momentum going in south carolina, he can wrap up the nomination. >>. >> announcer: new hampshire. >> you have to get to it. also to go to gene's point, things happen here late. i've covered a million of these. the ground moves in new hampshire on the last weekend sfwhie do they need a moderator to open the door for them? i'm not a media critic, but the door was never opened for this. i think today david gregory opened the door from the beginning of the debate. >> and they had opportunities before. thing they were all nervous. they didn't know how it would play. they thought, here's
obama can throw this in his face. you're not the own sent, buddy. >> he likes to portray himself as i'm a businessman, this is not my career. i'm a business guy. i did this to help out for my country. >> here we are sunday morning, howard. why do these guys wait? a couple of things hit me. late in the game. sunday, two days later. we've had all these months. why now? >> well, this is the last clear chance. if mitt romney wins big, he's got momentum going in south carolina, he...
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they hate obama? >> yes, and some of them are not ideological, but businessmen who want regulations repealed and not reinstated and they have specific business interests and then there are those who hate the president. >> and he was brilliant, but anybody who watches can understand this, they go to a simple congressman or woman who is doing a job and say, if you don't vote for this creepy deal for the corporations that gives them a tax break for debt that nobody in the district has heard of, we are dumping a half billion against you and blowing you a wway and the congressman says, well, we will do it. >> well, the thing is that they don't have to say it. these ads can happen with a week left when the candidate does not have the ability to come in to put up an ad and they can buy up all of the ad time in the district and so people are preemptively looking out for what not to do. >> and so they kiss the butt of the right wingers. and now looking at the staggering difference of the spending of the superp
they hate obama? >> yes, and some of them are not ideological, but businessmen who want regulations repealed and not reinstated and they have specific business interests and then there are those who hate the president. >> and he was brilliant, but anybody who watches can understand this, they go to a simple congressman or woman who is doing a job and say, if you don't vote for this creepy deal for the corporations that gives them a tax break for debt that nobody in the district has...
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his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling that he could be president of the united states some day. and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come-from-behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> and as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to say. i want to wrap my story in the larger american story. and for the next three weeks, he was writing on little scraps of paper wherever he went, in between campaign stops. and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states. red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too.
his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling that he could be president of the united states some day. and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come-from-behind...
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president obama is taking $700 billion out of medicare to fund his new obama plan. that doesn't make sense. of course we have to talk about it. this is a serious campaign. >> yeah, i agree with you. >> we're talking about issues and problems that need to be solved. >> i agree with you. and one of the biggest issues, doesn't matter where you come from, unemployment, 14.1% in the african-american community, 10.3% in the hispanic community. 8.3% across the country. what specifically do you think a president can really do to change that situation? >> there are five things they want do. this problem is worse. these are people who have been taken out of the labor force. president romney will dramatically increase and strengthen our ability to become an independent energy source, a power of energy. we have natural gas, we have wind, we have solar, we have oil. we have so many things that we can do not just to reduce independence but to create jobs. these are real jobs. he's held the keystone pipeline on hold even though that would have created thousands and thousands of jo
president obama is taking $700 billion out of medicare to fund his new obama plan. that doesn't make sense. of course we have to talk about it. this is a serious campaign. >> yeah, i agree with you. >> we're talking about issues and problems that need to be solved. >> i agree with you. and one of the biggest issues, doesn't matter where you come from, unemployment, 14.1% in the african-american community, 10.3% in the hispanic community. 8.3% across the country. what...
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>> we expect an increase on enthusiasm based on what barack obama promised us and obama as a candidate made last year. barack obama there was a lot of enthusiasm. obviously gubernatorial races as well. barack obama caused a lot of excitement on our side. we'll see as we start the process. >> doug heye. veteran conservative strategist and a man who can get the anti-obama talking point into any totally unrelated discussion with admirable efficiency, doug. i always enjoy talking to you. >> rachel, that's the nicest thing anybody said to me. let me point out one thing very, very quickly. when i voted last year in washington, d.c., they asked me for my i.d. if you want to come down with me next time, we can make sure that great travesty is corrected, i'll be happy to stand with you. >> you and me will stand there and make sure the elderly people in tennessee who lost their licenses have to go through rigmarole. we'll have a road tour. >>> we go to david yepsen who covered iowa politics for more than 30 years at "the des moines register" he's the director of the paul simon institute at south
>> we expect an increase on enthusiasm based on what barack obama promised us and obama as a candidate made last year. barack obama there was a lot of enthusiasm. obviously gubernatorial races as well. barack obama caused a lot of excitement on our side. we'll see as we start the process. >> doug heye. veteran conservative strategist and a man who can get the anti-obama talking point into any totally unrelated discussion with admirable efficiency, doug. i always enjoy talking to...
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and barack obama says no. well, if that person, human life is not a person, i find it almost remarkable for a black man to say, no, we are going to decide who who are people and who are not people. >> i think he said black man that time. he might have said blah man. let's look at ron paul's newsletter, express, horribly bigoted ideas, saying if you've ever been robbed by a black teenage male, you know how unbelievably fleet of foot they can be. order was restored in l.a., only when it came time for blacks to pick up their welfare checks, things about dr. king, and also ron paul has gotten support in the republican primaries from extreme supremist groups, yet people say to me, what are you talking about extreme white branch. isn't this clear that there's an element they're seemingly playing to that's been played to before that we need to deal with it? one thing i give to president obama, there have been black extremists, and he said i will not deal with that, i will not take your endorsement. >> absolutely. >>
and barack obama says no. well, if that person, human life is not a person, i find it almost remarkable for a black man to say, no, we are going to decide who who are people and who are not people. >> i think he said black man that time. he might have said blah man. let's look at ron paul's newsletter, express, horribly bigoted ideas, saying if you've ever been robbed by a black teenage male, you know how unbelievably fleet of foot they can be. order was restored in l.a., only when it...
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if you're for obama, you're for the law. if you're for romney, you're against the law. >> you think we'll see a lot of congressional democrats getting up in support of obama care as we get closer to november? >> i think so. even if president obama wins which i think there's a strong chance he will. but even if he does, we've seen from what texas governor rick perry and other republican governors mostly are doing. there's ways to undermine this law without repealing it. if you don't fight for it and educate the american public about it, you are going to lose some of the effectiveness of it. >>> we're going to shift gears here. there's a second round of governor hearings for florida's stand your ground task force, a 17-member committee with the shooting death of trayvon martin. jennifer carroll is the chairman who voted for the law back in 2005. that's the point i would make here. you look at this task force. >> dog and pony show. >> the response of the governor had to be something. the number ship of this task force was picke
if you're for obama, you're for the law. if you're for romney, you're against the law. >> you think we'll see a lot of congressional democrats getting up in support of obama care as we get closer to november? >> i think so. even if president obama wins which i think there's a strong chance he will. but even if he does, we've seen from what texas governor rick perry and other republican governors mostly are doing. there's ways to undermine this law without repealing it. if you don't...
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john hileman discussing obama fundraising fears. let me play it, please. >> there is a little of fear in the eyes on the democratic side financially now, this notion that we all most people operated under that the president would raise a billion dollars and the republican would be maybe a parody and certainly not have the financial advantage. that has i think over the course of the last couple months change the. they're practically coming to my house and asking me to take part in the george clooney fundraiser thing. i get an e-mail about it from somebody almost every day. >> mark, is that your insight, that the team obama is worried about money? >> i think the outside groups are a bit concerned, tamron. when you look at available cash on hand, right now barack obama has a 10 to 1 edge over mitt romney. when you add the outside groups, talking about the super pacs and the political parties it goes to 2 to 1 and as soon as mitt romney is the presumptive nominee, you expect him to raise a lot more money to the joint that john hileman w
john hileman discussing obama fundraising fears. let me play it, please. >> there is a little of fear in the eyes on the democratic side financially now, this notion that we all most people operated under that the president would raise a billion dollars and the republican would be maybe a parody and certainly not have the financial advantage. that has i think over the course of the last couple months change the. they're practically coming to my house and asking me to take part in the...
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president obama has two weeks to sell the country on what he'd do in a second term. he needs to ramp it all up. the policy that saved the auto industry and how this kind of active industrial policy can bring a surge in american manufacturing. he needs to push the overdue construction in this country, roadway, rail, brick and mortar investment, a campaign that will bring this country aggressively into the 21st century. he pushed that big jobs bill in his first weeks in office that kept the economy from heading off a cliff. he needs to show us what a second bill will look like. the more he paints a picture of his second term economic rebuilding agenda, the better. chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director, and jonathan martin is politico's senior political reporter. gentlemen, i brought you on as the big brains. now, i want some big brains. i was at the al smith dinner. a bunch of rich irish, i get it. the fact of the matter -- some of the guys are smart. i get it. >> finger on the pulse. >> not regular. this thing seems to be drifting
president obama has two weeks to sell the country on what he'd do in a second term. he needs to ramp it all up. the policy that saved the auto industry and how this kind of active industrial policy can bring a surge in american manufacturing. he needs to push the overdue construction in this country, roadway, rail, brick and mortar investment, a campaign that will bring this country aggressively into the 21st century. he pushed that big jobs bill in his first weeks in office that kept the...
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i think he's to the left of barack obama. not on only on that issue, i think ron paul is to the left of barack obama on legalizing cocaine and heroin in this country. that's not mainstream for most american. he'll do nothing to protect life from conception till natural death. people have different views on the pro-life issue but a lot of people who are republican primary voters feel very strongly, they to want see the federal government protect human life. ron paul won't. >> what do you think about all the negative ads that have come from the super packs in this campaign season? >> well, we've spent our time not on ads as much but actually being with iowans. again, being born and raised in iowa, i understand a little bit about how the process works and how independent-minded iowans are. my family was democrat when i grew up. we weren't overtly political but my parents were democrat, and i was a democrat until i was in college. and i had supported jimmy carter. i was young and our family always voted democrat. and then during
i think he's to the left of barack obama. not on only on that issue, i think ron paul is to the left of barack obama on legalizing cocaine and heroin in this country. that's not mainstream for most american. he'll do nothing to protect life from conception till natural death. people have different views on the pro-life issue but a lot of people who are republican primary voters feel very strongly, they to want see the federal government protect human life. ron paul won't. >> what do you...
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obama campaign. we had stories in the first 90 minutes after barack obama came out and gave an interview to abc. the money was pouring in and i think we can look at it from the angle of how this hurts him, but it's balanced in the year 2012 by how much it helps him. in the future, that occasion will skew him to help him. >> it is yet to be determined. whose base does it energize more. this cover is designed to energize the right wing. i hope thaw are right and i think it's possible that young voters and people on the democratic side are going to be energized enough to overcome the energy on the right wing. >> it was a rare night where we have a younger voter than you on the panel. you can tell us something about it. >> lawrence is right. i don't think this cover was energize anybody, but buy magazines that some magazines need help with these days. the fact of the matter is when you step back and look at what effect it will have on the race and not just the cover, but the issue generally, i think it's
obama campaign. we had stories in the first 90 minutes after barack obama came out and gave an interview to abc. the money was pouring in and i think we can look at it from the angle of how this hurts him, but it's balanced in the year 2012 by how much it helps him. in the future, that occasion will skew him to help him. >> it is yet to be determined. whose base does it energize more. this cover is designed to energize the right wing. i hope thaw are right and i think it's possible that...
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he's better at it than obama. my dog is better at it than obama. there's no issue in terms of who is better in terms of the economy. but the question that i think santorum is asking is an important one. will the economy be the issue in the election? i mean, it is possible that we are going to see decrease in unemployment. it's possible we'll see a little bit of growth in the economy. as that happens, it takes that issue away from the republican challenger. then you better start talking about the other things that really matter. which view of america is right? is it obama and zuccotti park protesters? or is it santorum and, in fact, if you want to say it, the tea party people? which view is better? is it the obama view of the entitlement mentality he wants to increase or is it individual responsibility? that's the issues. >> congratulations. you deserve congratulations on iq of your dog. thank you. a heck of a dog. thank you for joining us. >>> "the huffington post" has numbers coming out. it looks like he has a point there in touting santorum. he m
he's better at it than obama. my dog is better at it than obama. there's no issue in terms of who is better in terms of the economy. but the question that i think santorum is asking is an important one. will the economy be the issue in the election? i mean, it is possible that we are going to see decrease in unemployment. it's possible we'll see a little bit of growth in the economy. as that happens, it takes that issue away from the republican challenger. then you better start talking about...
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obama's fault. the main daily message if the campaign is that obama isn't working. thanks, guy, but americans already know that. what people want the hear is why the president's policies aren't working. also this morning, so it too much to ask mitt romney to get off autopilot and actually think about the race he's running. it's only the second quarter and you're not even ahead is dubious enough as a strategy, but his campaign's belief that it's only about the economy and they need to keep telling us stupid voters it's only l about the economy has gone from being an annoying ticz to a dangerous self-delusion. is a shake up coming? i'm thinking of the criticism from jack welsh, rupert murdoch. >> i think you're on to something there and i don't know what the internal machinations are, but there is legitimate reason if they shake it up, to shake it up. they need to get this candidate out of his comfort zone. the romney people can come back and say on this issue about the health care, call it a tax, a penalty, when i'm president, i will call it gone. that kind of rhetor
obama's fault. the main daily message if the campaign is that obama isn't working. thanks, guy, but americans already know that. what people want the hear is why the president's policies aren't working. also this morning, so it too much to ask mitt romney to get off autopilot and actually think about the race he's running. it's only the second quarter and you're not even ahead is dubious enough as a strategy, but his campaign's belief that it's only about the economy and they need to keep...
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his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling that he could be president of the united states some day. and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come-from-behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> and as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to say. i want to wrap my story in the larger american story. and for the next three weeks, he was writing on little scraps of paper wherever he went, in between campaign stops. and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states. red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too.
his name is barack obama. i know this sounds odd, but i just had this strange feeling that he could be president of the united states some day. and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004 for the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come-from-behind...
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they break overwhelmingly for president obama. so i do think that in these broader numbers, some of those distinctions get lost and most important group for president obama, black women voted for him. >> right, who are the single largest group in terms of turnout in 2008. victoria, i was wondering a little bit about this idea of what does it take to create a multi-racial cross class, close enter generational women's coalition? on the one hand, we're not all the same. having ovaries or at one point having ovaries, not even get spoog the biology of it all. but that alone doesn't give you shared political interests, but it is sometimes surprising to see how different those opinions are depending on what sort of woman we're talking about. >> absolutely. speaking in terms of the latino electorate, we know that a lot of latinos are catholics. among k among catholicism is where we see a break against abortion. this is where we need to think about women's issues at large. we do care about reproductive rights. that is one base of coordinat
they break overwhelmingly for president obama. so i do think that in these broader numbers, some of those distinctions get lost and most important group for president obama, black women voted for him. >> right, who are the single largest group in terms of turnout in 2008. victoria, i was wondering a little bit about this idea of what does it take to create a multi-racial cross class, close enter generational women's coalition? on the one hand, we're not all the same. having ovaries or at...
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this was launched by the obama campaign. and her staff openly admitted they will be doing most of the tweeting. when she tweets, she'll billion signing it, m.o. >> fantastic. thanks so much for joining us. >>> stay with us. today's top lines are coming up. we thought he was a bear. >> if you could be any animal, which one would you be? >> probably an elephant. >> why? s. >>> here are today's top lines. just another day in south carolina. >> there's some businesses that have to be cut back in order to survive. >> greed for lack of a better word is?z# good. >> it's about values, character and judgment. >> what were you thinking? >> this is a completely airtight kettle. >> i'm not a perfect president. i've kept this promise, i will always tell you what i believe. i will always tell you where i stand. >> he said i can promise you that that i think can coming, and he's right. the name of that change is mitt romney. >> you're not going beat a billion dollar machine of dishonesty or somebody who is inarticulate or confused. >> ther
this was launched by the obama campaign. and her staff openly admitted they will be doing most of the tweeting. when she tweets, she'll billion signing it, m.o. >> fantastic. thanks so much for joining us. >>> stay with us. today's top lines are coming up. we thought he was a bear. >> if you could be any animal, which one would you be? >> probably an elephant. >> why? s. >>> here are today's top lines. just another day in south carolina. >>...
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where do you think that comes down for president obama? >> well, you know, it could go either way but i think what voters tonight want and especially independent voters, impacted by the negativity. not moving the numbers much in terms of favorability for the president so i think what the president's trying to do now atervet to capture the independent voters to sort of play a little mr. nice guy and just sort of appeal to them, to bring back the -- what they saw in him in 2008. you know, the guy who inspired hope and change and so i think that you are seeing more of that right now. >> in fact, the timing of all of this, according to your article, you quote a guy saying that the negativity reflects a campaign that's months ahead of where campaigns normally are. now that it's been so negative, is it time to play nice? >> it is. voters are just starting to tune in. in fact, the president starting to capture that. you saw it in a third ad of friday night with the opening ceremonies where he once again -- it was an ra ra, go america ad saying, y
where do you think that comes down for president obama? >> well, you know, it could go either way but i think what voters tonight want and especially independent voters, impacted by the negativity. not moving the numbers much in terms of favorability for the president so i think what the president's trying to do now atervet to capture the independent voters to sort of play a little mr. nice guy and just sort of appeal to them, to bring back the -- what they saw in him in 2008. you know,...
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president obama did exactly the right thing today. you go to a part of the country, what's on the minds of the people, and what's on the minds of the people is their economy and what is happening to the ag communities with this drought. actually, mr. ryan, the iowa state fair is the perfect place to talk about the farm bill and those other policy things. let's bring in joan walsh, editor at large, salon.com and author of the upcoming book "what's the matter with white people?" and e.j. dionne, author of the book "our divided political heart." great to have both of you with us. joan, you first, no doubt, we have a distinction here. we have a choice. but is this the way ryan is going to be on the campaign trail? they can't define what's going on with medicare and medicare and what the differences are between the two candidates. i'm talking about the presidential candidate and vice presidential candidates, romney/ryan. yet when he's asked something in detail, is he campaigning in disguise? >> that was remarkable, i want to enjoy the fair
president obama did exactly the right thing today. you go to a part of the country, what's on the minds of the people, and what's on the minds of the people is their economy and what is happening to the ag communities with this drought. actually, mr. ryan, the iowa state fair is the perfect place to talk about the farm bill and those other policy things. let's bring in joan walsh, editor at large, salon.com and author of the upcoming book "what's the matter with white people?" and...
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obama should be. with mrs. obama reinforcing his instincts for ambitious yet unpopular initiatives like the overhaul of health care and immigration laws, casting herself as a foil to aides more intent on retaining congressional seats and poll numbers. should obama be more aggressive, more historically transformational president or should he do what's nmore practical, protect his power and get done what he can. wouldn't they have these discussions? it seems to be the most normal thing in the world. >> it's the most normal thing in the world. and it's an important tension. i'm reading the book now. i haven't finished it. my feeling is i'm so glad she's there. she has his back. and honestly, i think she has our back. she really is representing the higher ideals and the transformational goals and the values that this president has that can sometimes get lost in the day-to-day shuffle of politics. so there's nothing unseemly or untorrid about it. she's also a woman who had her own career who is now being kind of shu
obama should be. with mrs. obama reinforcing his instincts for ambitious yet unpopular initiatives like the overhaul of health care and immigration laws, casting herself as a foil to aides more intent on retaining congressional seats and poll numbers. should obama be more aggressive, more historically transformational president or should he do what's nmore practical, protect his power and get done what he can. wouldn't they have these discussions? it seems to be the most normal thing in the...
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obama should be. with her reenforcing his instincts for the overall of health care and immigration laws casting herself as a foil to aide sz more intent on preserving seats and poll numbers numbers. should obama be more aggressive, more historically transformational president or do what is more practical, protect his power and get done what he can, why wouldn't they have these discussions? >> exactly. >> seems to be the most normal thing in the world. >> the most normal thing in the world, and i'm reading the book now, i haven't finished it, my feeling is i'm so glad she is there, she has his back, and honestly, i think she has our back. she is representing the higher ideals and the transformational goals and values that this president has, that can sometimes get lost in the day-to-day shuffle of politics. she is also a woman who had her own career who is now being kind of shuffled around and told to do this and that, stand there, that is disconcerting there. >> i only want her here, please sit here.
obama should be. with her reenforcing his instincts for the overall of health care and immigration laws casting herself as a foil to aide sz more intent on preserving seats and poll numbers numbers. should obama be more aggressive, more historically transformational president or do what is more practical, protect his power and get done what he can, why wouldn't they have these discussions? >> exactly. >> seems to be the most normal thing in the world. >> the most normal thing...
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barack obama won handedly. he won by a lot and he basically won everywhere it's conceivable a democrat might win. he won indiana, which no democrat had won in my lifetime. barack obama surged into office on just a tide of brilliant blue. so how come the map from that election looks so red? from houston, texas, to bismarck, north dakota, over to san point, idaho, all the way back to st. marys, georgia, when the democrats won and won big, the map still looks quite red. why is that? it's because the giant middle of our giant country are filled with giant states that are not all that densely filled with people. no offense to wyoming, and montana, and nebraska, but relatively speaking, you have a lot of land with not many people on that land. and that's a feature, not a bug, right? your emptiness makes you beautiful and great. but we don't vote by acreage in this country, we vote by human. so a big giant stake like montana gets three votes, nebraska, a measly five votes. in electoral politics, one relatively crowded
barack obama won handedly. he won by a lot and he basically won everywhere it's conceivable a democrat might win. he won indiana, which no democrat had won in my lifetime. barack obama surged into office on just a tide of brilliant blue. so how come the map from that election looks so red? from houston, texas, to bismarck, north dakota, over to san point, idaho, all the way back to st. marys, georgia, when the democrats won and won big, the map still looks quite red. why is that? it's because...
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tell obama stop the spending. support the new majority agenda. >> so susan page, you're saying very few minds have been changed thus far but those that have been changed overwhelmingly toward obama. how come? >> people know a lot about obama. he's been president for four years. they've made up their minds on whether or not he's doing a good job or not. people don't know much about mitt romney, so when you have an attack ad like you just showed, it has a big effect. that's what seems to be happening. it has this disproportionate impact. the obama ads have succeeded in defining mitt romney in a negative to a lot of voters. that's why voters who say they're swayed have gone in a heavy way to the president's side. >> let me ask you something that's pure fix material. could it also be -- i agree with what susan just said -- but could it also be the obama campaign has done a better job marshaling its message? is the romney campaign hindered by an inability to make those supportive of romney are saying what they'd like t
tell obama stop the spending. support the new majority agenda. >> so susan page, you're saying very few minds have been changed thus far but those that have been changed overwhelmingly toward obama. how come? >> people know a lot about obama. he's been president for four years. they've made up their minds on whether or not he's doing a good job or not. people don't know much about mitt romney, so when you have an attack ad like you just showed, it has a big effect. that's what seems...
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president obama is set to make a statement on sandy in a few minutes. we will bring you his remarks live and a live report on sandy coming up next on "now." bad! ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. >>> i truly believe that if we can get the deficit and debt issue solved, which i believe we can get done, you know, in the lame duck or in the immediate aftermath of the lame duck, then that clears a way a lot of the ideological underbrush and then, you know, now we can start looking at a whole bunch of other issues that, as i said, historically have not been that ideological. >> that was president obama on "morning joe" hinting that partisan gridlock could clear once democrats and republicans reach a deal on the fiscal cliff. early on in his term president obama had hopes of working with congress, but republicans inten
president obama is set to make a statement on sandy in a few minutes. we will bring you his remarks live and a live report on sandy coming up next on "now." bad! ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. >>> i truly believe that if we can get...
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his name is barack obama. and i said, i know this sounds odd, but i think he could be president of the out. i now take betty lou to the track. >> david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic inauguration. >> thank you! >> obama's come from behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> as soon as he can hung up, he said, i know what i want it say. i wrant to wrap my story in the larger american story and for the next three weeks he was writing on little scraps of paper where he went in between campaign stops and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states, red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too. we worship an awesome god in the blue states, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our library nets red states. >> all o
his name is barack obama. and i said, i know this sounds odd, but i think he could be president of the out. i now take betty lou to the track. >> david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic inauguration. >> thank you! >> obama's come from behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> as soon as...
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relentlessly attack president obama. the "washington post" reports republican operatives have compiled a video library of everything the president has said. they plan to use his own words against him, with particular emphasis on the quote from in february 2009 where president obama talks about fixing the economy. >> if i don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition. >> today in des moines, iowa, well, it appeared mitt romney has already gotten onboard with the republican playbook. >> i've looked at some of the tapes on youtube of president obama, then-candidate obama going across iowa campaigning. and i've listened to some of the promises and i've looked at the performance. and there's a pretty big gap between what he promised and what he performed. this president's failed. he went on the "today" show shortly after being inaugurated and he said, if i can't get this economy turned around in three years, i'll be looking at a one-term proposition. i'm here to collect. >> if romney wan
relentlessly attack president obama. the "washington post" reports republican operatives have compiled a video library of everything the president has said. they plan to use his own words against him, with particular emphasis on the quote from in february 2009 where president obama talks about fixing the economy. >> if i don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition. >> today in des moines, iowa, well, it appeared mitt romney has...
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if you look at the statistics, obama does not poll particularly well. none of the republican candidates poll particularly well. everybody likes to talk about the unemployment problem or the poverty problem or the occupation, obviously, and the tea party likes to throw in fire at the banks and what not. and yet this presidential race, at least at its outset, does not appear to have much of an interest in debating the very things that everybody claim to be upset about. >> yeah, that's right. and that sort of sound bite politics 101. if you're running against an incumbent president in this case, and you think that he has bad numbers, which president obama does, then that's going to be your target. it's going to be president obama, to the extent that you're a front-runner and you feel threatened by some of your rivals. you're going to train your fire on them, as we've seen mitt romney, and more particularly, the super pac supporting him, doing here in iowa in the last several weeks. but i don't think that there's going to be much of an appetite among the ca
if you look at the statistics, obama does not poll particularly well. none of the republican candidates poll particularly well. everybody likes to talk about the unemployment problem or the poverty problem or the occupation, obviously, and the tea party likes to throw in fire at the banks and what not. and yet this presidential race, at least at its outset, does not appear to have much of an interest in debating the very things that everybody claim to be upset about. >> yeah, that's...
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let's look at them first. >> obama, obama, obama! >> oh, yeah. >> obama, obama, obama, obama. >> whether mitt romney and bain closed the plant, i lost my health care, and my family lost their health care. a short time after that my wife became ill. that's when they found the cancer, and by then it was stage four. there was nothing they could do for her. and she passed away in 22 days. i do not think mitt romney realizes what he's done to anyone. i do not think mitt romney is concerned. >> so you made reference to that obama one, a pro-obama one at the end there. my question about an ad like that and it's similar to a jeep one. he's taken a lot of blow back in the free press for that free ad and it's inaccurate. the pro-obama one was so inflammatory about causing his wife's death. i remember it being -- a considerable amount of blow-back to that one too. is that a risk with ads like this that it stirs up a lot of resentment through the press and say, it's not fair? >> i think so. a the lot of people don't realize that those super-pac
let's look at them first. >> obama, obama, obama! >> oh, yeah. >> obama, obama, obama, obama. >> whether mitt romney and bain closed the plant, i lost my health care, and my family lost their health care. a short time after that my wife became ill. that's when they found the cancer, and by then it was stage four. there was nothing they could do for her. and she passed away in 22 days. i do not think mitt romney realizes what he's done to anyone. i do not think mitt...
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i think bachmann would be great for ripping out obama care. i think gingrich would be great on a lot of foreign pol city issues. i think governor perry would be great on energy policy. i like pieces of all of them. >>> iowa the final pushl and the hunt is it is on for those critical undecided voters which means tomorrow's results could totally defy what we're seeing in the polls. so how do the candidates get those voters to make up their minds? we'll explore that and a bit of iowa history. only one republican candidate since 1972 has gone on to win iowa and then the presidency. that was george w. bush in 2000. but do you know who was the first u.s. president born in iowa? that's our trivia question of the day. you can tweet me your answers. come from any faucet anywhere. the brita bottle with the filter inside. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer... with 15,000 fewer miles on it
i think bachmann would be great for ripping out obama care. i think gingrich would be great on a lot of foreign pol city issues. i think governor perry would be great on energy policy. i like pieces of all of them. >>> iowa the final pushl and the hunt is it is on for those critical undecided voters which means tomorrow's results could totally defy what we're seeing in the polls. so how do the candidates get those voters to make up their minds? we'll explore that and a bit of iowa...
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you will. >> i'm voting for democrats. >> democrats. >> obama, all the way. >> obama. >> obama. i'm afraid this would happen. it's breaking my heart. >> obama. >> don't go breaking my heart. >> obama. >> obama. >> see, this is what i -- anybody here voting republican this year? we got one. we got a live one here. who you voting for? >> mitt romney. >> why? what's your reasons? >> i like his policies. >> how would you describe yourself? right of center, right wing, far right, somewhere near the middle, moderate? >> moderate. >> is mitt romney a moderate? >> tends to be, somewhat. >> is he willing to admit it? >> maybe, i hope. >> how come the other day when i asked if he could say, let them eat cake, i said, can you say that in french, governor, he said, yes, but i won't. why do you think he's afraid to speak french in understand. >> probably because he knows we won't understand what he's saying. >> why won't mitt romney speak french? >> because he doesn't want to speak too french. >> but if he doesn't speak french, does that means he's elitist? >> he thinks so. >> so he's speaki
you will. >> i'm voting for democrats. >> democrats. >> obama, all the way. >> obama. >> obama. i'm afraid this would happen. it's breaking my heart. >> obama. >> don't go breaking my heart. >> obama. >> obama. >> see, this is what i -- anybody here voting republican this year? we got one. we got a live one here. who you voting for? >> mitt romney. >> why? what's your reasons? >> i like his policies. >> how...
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but part of it is because obama promised so much. in other words, you only have to go after his broken promises to really hit him hard. if you're a republican, you don't have to offer a positive plan. so, yes, it's a reason to be depressed, but it's also almost fair game if you're promising hope and change. he literally said he would re-make america in his inaugural address. so he's opening himself up for a lot of gut checks. >> can i jump in -- >> we're going to be watching those gut checks in the days to come. i want to spend a minute on iran. they're doing a little bit of saber rattling in the face of tougher sanctions. claiming to have successfully test-fired two missiles, just as leaders say iran has produced its first nuclear fuel rod. the missile tests took place during military exercises during the strait of hormuz, through which one sixth of the world's oil passes. you'll recall that iran has already threatened to clos the key supply route if nations tighten sanctions. is this a kind of negotiating posture or is this somethi
but part of it is because obama promised so much. in other words, you only have to go after his broken promises to really hit him hard. if you're a republican, you don't have to offer a positive plan. so, yes, it's a reason to be depressed, but it's also almost fair game if you're promising hope and change. he literally said he would re-make america in his inaugural address. so he's opening himself up for a lot of gut checks. >> can i jump in -- >> we're going to be watching those...
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president obama was also in iowa, kicking off a three-day campaign swing through the state. he was quick to take some shots of the vice presidential candidate. accusing him of blocking a bill to aid farmers in this drought. >> unfortunately right now, too many members of congress are blocking the farm bill from becoming law. i am told that governor romney's new running mate, paul ryan might be around iowa the next few days, he is one of the leaders of congress standing in the way. so if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and our rural communities. we've got to put politics aside when it comes to doing the right thing for rural america and for iowa. >> today, mitt romney wraps up his battleground bus tour in ohio after spending yesterday sweeping through florida. romney hammered obama on the economy and looked to connect with hispanic voters in miami, during his stump speeches romney notably avoided the hot button issue of medicare. reporters didn't let him off the hook so easily. during an impromptu and rare press conference,
president obama was also in iowa, kicking off a three-day campaign swing through the state. he was quick to take some shots of the vice presidential candidate. accusing him of blocking a bill to aid farmers in this drought. >> unfortunately right now, too many members of congress are blocking the farm bill from becoming law. i am told that governor romney's new running mate, paul ryan might be around iowa the next few days, he is one of the leaders of congress standing in the way. so if...
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i c beat barack obama. but for the breadth of the campaigning in iowa, it's en, who's the true conservative. has there been change? because there hasn't been a love affair among voters with mitt romney, who's been the front-runner throught most of this contest? i thi the first thing you see when you talk to any iowa republican is that desire to beat barack obama because we understand that we can't afford four more years of an obama administration thats hostile to our party's values and our principles. and that's the tension. while you still hve two out of every five iowa caucusgoershave not yet made a decision. that's really going to get down to on tuesday night, you always hear the mantra, organization, organization, organizatio the organized campaign is going to have someone in each of those 1774 precincts t make the case, t only why a candidate can beat barack obama, but why they have principles of our party that they are going to the general. >> remember what happens on tuesday night. there's a set of s
i c beat barack obama. but for the breadth of the campaigning in iowa, it's en, who's the true conservative. has there been change? because there hasn't been a love affair among voters with mitt romney, who's been the front-runner throught most of this contest? i thi the first thing you see when you talk to any iowa republican is that desire to beat barack obama because we understand that we can't afford four more years of an obama administration thats hostile to our party's values and our...
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obama has to respond to this. i think he has to do it proactively and not just be responding to negative ads. >> how do you respond to people shooting at you from every direction? you defend yourself on one front, and they hit another front. how much money can the president raise is the question? can he raise enough to offset to play defense? >> he raised an awful lot last time. he's doing pretty well in the money race. he has to start countering this stuff. >> it's a bitter war going on right now. >> it's going to get ugly. >> coming up, two days before south carolina, jenny sanford, the former first lady of that state is coming here next. she has thoughts about how the interview went with newt gingrich's second wife. this is "hardball" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if you took the top down on a crossover? if there were buttons for this? wouldn't it be cool if your car could handle the kids... ♪ ...and the nurburgring? or what if you built a car in tennessee that could change the world? yeah,
obama has to respond to this. i think he has to do it proactively and not just be responding to negative ads. >> how do you respond to people shooting at you from every direction? you defend yourself on one front, and they hit another front. how much money can the president raise is the question? can he raise enough to offset to play defense? >> he raised an awful lot last time. he's doing pretty well in the money race. he has to start countering this stuff. >> it's a bitter...
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barack obama is an economic patriot. mitt romney is an out sourcing pioneer. >> here is president obama on economic patriotism today. >> during the campaign season you hear a lot about patriotism. you know what? it is time for a new economic patriotism. rooted eed in the belief that growing our economy begins with a growing middle class. likely voters in new hampshire where mitt romney owns a home. president obama leads mitt romney by seven points. unlikely voters in north carolina president obama polls at 48% and mitt romney at 46%. is there any point to team obama making any adds for the rest of the campaign that do not include a 47% reference. there should be temporary tattoos with the number 47% that everybody wears on their foreheads on every campaign rally. this had proved to be beyond a turning point in the campaign. it has been devastating for mitt romney. he has been on the record talking about dismissing half the country. you know, it is, it is in some ways, i would say this. as someone that believes that there
barack obama is an economic patriot. mitt romney is an out sourcing pioneer. >> here is president obama on economic patriotism today. >> during the campaign season you hear a lot about patriotism. you know what? it is time for a new economic patriotism. rooted eed in the belief that growing our economy begins with a growing middle class. likely voters in new hampshire where mitt romney owns a home. president obama leads mitt romney by seven points. unlikely voters in north carolina...
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should the obama campaign be worried? it seems despite all those republican dollars spent, romney isn't inching up in the polls. let's bring in our strategists who are ad makers. the ad men i must call them. democrat steve mcmahon and republican todd harris. you are both gentlemen. this campaign right now, with your dirt money you're not getting pay dirt on the romney side. what are you doing wrong? >> the fact is you can reach a point of diminishing returns with advertising budgets. and what you have on the romney side over the last few months of about 150 million in pro-romney, anti-obama spending. about 130 million on the democratic side. which for the average poor bastard that has to sit and watch -- >> is that how you can talk with people? in public you're gross. >> that's right. for the average person who has to watch these, it's the equivalent of being overtaken by a tidal wave or an avalanche. they are both getting bombarded -- >> how come -- we went out in iowa. i compared the bombing in world war ii. it worked.
should the obama campaign be worried? it seems despite all those republican dollars spent, romney isn't inching up in the polls. let's bring in our strategists who are ad makers. the ad men i must call them. democrat steve mcmahon and republican todd harris. you are both gentlemen. this campaign right now, with your dirt money you're not getting pay dirt on the romney side. what are you doing wrong? >> the fact is you can reach a point of diminishing returns with advertising budgets. and...
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and for 3 1/2 years of barack obama's presidency. they have their views about where things are headed right now are being shaped. they are being formed. that is why the white house right now is hammering on mitt romney and paul ryan right now, because they know that the springtime leading into the summer where the summer is quiet with the olympics and other things going on in is mum mer, and th -- in the summer, and in is where the impressions are formed, and that is why they are trying to shore it up right now. >> thank you both for being with us. >> thank you, michael. >> thank you. >>> inside of the romney campaign, thep the advisers know he has an image probproblem, an they love to go negative. lots from inside of the campaigns. this is "hardball." [ shivering ] sorry. sore knee. blast of cold feels nice. why don't you use bengay zero degrees? it's the one you store in the freezer. gives that instant cold sensation. that's chilly. same medicated pain reliever used by physical therapists. and it lasts for hours. [ sigh of relief ]
and for 3 1/2 years of barack obama's presidency. they have their views about where things are headed right now are being shaped. they are being formed. that is why the white house right now is hammering on mitt romney and paul ryan right now, because they know that the springtime leading into the summer where the summer is quiet with the olympics and other things going on in is mum mer, and th -- in the summer, and in is where the impressions are formed, and that is why they are trying to...
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the obama/biden campaign unveiled its catholic vote. 52% in favor of obama over joe biden. mat trick murphy of pennsylvania, catholic president matt smith, it's good to have you here. catholics have voted for the winner eight out of nine of the last presidential elections. so why has there been such a strong correlation between the winner of the election and the winner of the catholic vote? >> well, thomas, thanks for having me on the show. i really care about both my faith and my country. so i appreciate the opportunity. and i think the reason why catholic is so important -- the catholic vote, because it's not monolithic. the reason barack obama and joe biden won four years ago is because their policies clearly mirror the teachings of jesus christ and what it's all about and that's to say they are the least among us. >> are catholics looking for that, for someone who supports the least among us? >> the least among us begins with the unborn. and what this administration has done has been one of the most pro abortion in this history. that's the settled issue of our church, f
the obama/biden campaign unveiled its catholic vote. 52% in favor of obama over joe biden. mat trick murphy of pennsylvania, catholic president matt smith, it's good to have you here. catholics have voted for the winner eight out of nine of the last presidential elections. so why has there been such a strong correlation between the winner of the election and the winner of the catholic vote? >> well, thomas, thanks for having me on the show. i really care about both my faith and my...